Easy Rum Cake

This easy rum cake recipe uses box cake mix to make a moist Bundt topped with walnuts and glazed with a rum sauce perfect for holiday entertaining.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 5 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins
• Calories: 518 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ cup white sugar
• ½ cup butter
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• ½ cup vegetable oil
• 4 large eggs
• ½ cup water
• 1 (3.5 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding mix
• ½ cup dark rum
• ⅛ cup water
• ¼ cup rum
• 1 (15.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-inch Bundt or tube pan.

Step 2

Make cake: Sprinkle walnuts over the bottom of the prepared pan; set aside.

Step 3

Mix together cake mix, eggs, dark rum, water, oil, and vanilla pudding mix in a large bowl until well combined. Pour batter over walnuts in the pan.

Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool, then invert cake onto a serving plate. Gently prick holes into the top and sides of cake with a toothpick or skewer.

Step 5

Make glaze: Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir sugar and water into melted butter; bring to a boil. Cook, stirring constantly, for 5 minutes. Remove glaze from heat; stir in rum.

Step 6

Drizzle warm glaze over top and sides of cake.